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This laundry room keeps getting broken into and the thieves break the cash box for a measly few quarters in it. I simply recommended to the owner to just replace the washer and dryer with a simple regular washer and dryer and let the tenants use them for free. Just jack up the rent on each unit to cover the cost of their usage.

What else would you recommend?

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Appliance Service TechnicianAuthorized servicer on LG appliances.About 45 mins east of San Francisco

No one heard anything? I find that hard to believe. Lock the door when not in use and use a door closure on the door. Tenants only and they have a key to the room. I had a landlord who gave a reward for people who turned in thefts and that worked very well.

It's tricky, he raises the rent, then his numbers look higher than others in the listings. And a big 'free laundry' add will invite more abuse. Building security should be reviewed, including gate options, but he needs a way to collect extra value without putting that value in the room.

Perhaps a machine with some kind of electronic value or a coded door with subscriptions for the door. But it looks to be a tiny room, so probably a tiny complex. Not much budget then, for getting fancy. Have to find a better lock box or mount it inside a cage.

The room does have a lock but they seem to just bash the door in. The door frame is broken up. Well, the landlord is going to replace the dryer with one that's not coin operated at my suggestion. When the washer gets smashed into, then she will replace it with one that's not coin operated as well. I just don't know what else to suggest to her.

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Appliance Service TechnicianAuthorized servicer on LG appliances.About 45 mins east of San Francisco

Security cameras that has web access and monitoring and a sign on the door that you are on camera...I like your idea about not charging. but johnny and all his friend will be using them..busy all the time !

I had one that the thief cut the hoses destroyed the coin mechanism, and never touched the coin vault.. they didn't shut the water off and flooded the wash room and the next apartment tens of thousands of dollars in damage and NOT one quarter did the thief get!

I did some work in an apartment with 2 washer and 2 dryers. They did quite a bit of damage but I got them repaired. I saw the owner about a month later and he told me they cut the hoses and stole the 2 washers.